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• Blog / Athletics

  A Three-part IAP sababa* in more than one way

  

  desert in the South, to the border with Lebanon in the north. I had chosen ... . Normally I would say that sounds like a really bad idea, but it hasn’t turned out to be so bad, and I had a good reason: I was in Israel. Going to

  • by Becca H. '12
  • February 17, 2011
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  21: The Movie Afterthought: You probably have to had seen the movie to understand this entry fully. =/

  

  buying the tickets: Me: I would like a Student ticket to 4:15's 21, please ... caves in and joins the team, declaring that he would "quit after $300 ... completely honest, I would say that 75% of the movie is not based on the book

  • by Chris S. '11
  • March 30, 2008
• Blog / Admissions

  How to CPW! Advice from all the bloggers, with love.

  

  warm clothes. I’m wearing a ski jacket as I write this…no shame in being ... I hate most in life is soggy socks :( Whatever you do, don’t show up ... , but I’m from a dry place, and good lord, save yourself and either buy or

  • by Selam G. '18
  • April 4, 2017
• Blog / How to MIT

  How to Choose a Laptop for College your companion for all four years

  

  store before you buy it. I've had laptops in my Best Buy shopping cart ... I've been breaking computers from a young age. In middle school I ... bootloader. After three days at the mercy of How-To Geek and Super User, I

  • by Erick P. '17
  • August 10, 2015
• Blog / Academics & Research

  A Tale of Two Majors Trying an Evel Knievel approach with my studies.

  

  I am double majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Biology, with a ... ?!?!? Yours truly. Well, not anymore but that's how I used to be. When I first ... captures my story the best. When he was young, he would buy shoes that were

  • by Bryan
  • November 16, 2006
• Blog / How to Boston and Beyond

  Things You Won’t Have to Buy (or spend *that* much on) This one's especially for the incoming freshmen.

  

  hassle, so it might not be worth the trouble. I would, however, highly ... student - this guide tells you a bit more about how you can do that. Now, I ... wind down. I've got a life update on the way, but first, I thought I

  • by Emad T. '14
  • August 18, 2012
• Blog / Admissions

  Tales From The Nance Effect Road Show My travel to the land of Boomer--Sooners, Miners. Wild Cats, Sun Devils and Rattlesnakes

  

  , TX to Boston, MA. As the old joke goes: "I just flew in from El Paso ... like Tiger on the links in Tucson. I now understand desert rules for golf ... Tucson native inhabitant; the rattlesnake. There I am in the middle of my

  • by Bryan G. Nance
  • September 29, 2006
• Blog / Blog Projects

  where is south dakota again? and other fun questions for your south dakotan friends

  

  mentioned that I know "exactly how many students from South Dakota go to MIT ... my sophomore year of high school. I went to a small school back in ... making culture to its abundant opportunities, I knew it would be the right

  • by Alan Z. '23, MEng '24
  • April 3, 2021
• Blog / How to Food

  Yet Another Blog Entry My expenses for the semester in pie form, topped with a scoop of IAP.

  

  peppering of apple orchards across this region. I buy all fruit from grocery stores on Massachusetts Avenue north of MIT instead of at LaVerde's in the ... 80% more blog for the same price by throwing in an IAP update. Also, I

  • by Yan Z. '12
  • January 13, 2009
• Blog / Residential Life

  what’s on my wall too many postcards, that's what

  

  Mikhailovsky castle, which I lived five minutes away from in the fall. I would ... before I would leave for Russia. We went in the morning, so the museum was ... ended up with. I originally thought this would be a quick post to write

  • by Gosha G. '24
  • March 1, 2021
• Blog / Life after MIT

  My Guilty Pleasure or why it's all about "the Hockey."

  

  When I was a freshman, like many before me and many since, I lived in ... week. It was not uncommon that year to meet someone who would say, "I don't think we've met, but your voice sure sounds familiar." I would laugh and

  • by Kim Hunter '86
  • January 1, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  Campus is quiet summer thoughts and happenings

  

  comment I would think comes from a place of him being very interested in his ... We’re sitting in my room doing pretty much nothing, because I guess ... . It’s pretty hot in here, but I’m pretty used to it. There are a few

  • by Michelle G. '18
  • July 15, 2015
• Blog / Art, Literature, Music

  A bevy of beautiful Brass Rat bezels More on the evolution of the MIT class ring.

  

  , for the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in ... lucrative ring contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a ... each year of prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 9, 2009
• Blog / MIT History & Culture

  The Years of the Rat More about MIT's famous class ring: the "Brass Rat."

  

  the unveiling of the class ring. The design process begins in freshman ... contract: 90% of all students will purchase the ring in a typical year; one ... prime MIT ring-buying. Using imagery representing events from their first

  • by Matt McGann '00
  • February 21, 2008
• Blog / Life after MIT

  Don’t Read This if you Already Go to MIT My life is good and I get plenty of sleep. Please don't hate me.

  

  walking in just before him (and obviously late.) So I circled to the North ... be going my way. Case in point number 1: As I was returning to Boston ... whatnot. Nonetheless, what are the odds? Case in point number 2: I was

  • by Kim D. '09
  • November 22, 2009
• Blog / Academics & Research

  Psetting en route to North Carolina Sectionals vs. Midterms

  

  . Can't really take it while I'm skating in North Carolina? Here's a ... wouldn't have much time to study once I arrived in North Carolina ... I left for the 2017 Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships in

  • by Kevin S. '19
  • December 13, 2016
• Blog / MIT Life

  Indiscipline Taking a break from finals studying to explain what I've done instead of finals studying.

  

  competitions in North America. No, really, it's kinda cool. But, of course, I ... Yo, I've been getting a lot of questions lately in the comments and I ... how some people might find it to be a little slow, but I personally didn

  • by Sam M. '07
  • December 16, 2005
• Blog / Admissions

  California Love a week in the life of an admissions officer on the road

  

  of the New Yorker. I landed in LAX around 11:30AM PT and picked up my rental car. Because I was in California, my first stop was In-N-Out. I ... ;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;The next morning I woke up at 6AM and began a full day of school visits. How

  • by Chris Peterson SM '13
  • September 12, 2014
• Blog / People & Identities

  in wonderland hello from the number side

  

  Carroll, Alice In Wonderland I’ve been re-re-re-re-rewriting this post, mostly because introducing myself is way harder than I thought it would be ... the point of unwritability. I would probably still be re

  • by Alice L. '24
  • October 16, 2021
• Blog / Blog Projects

  Blogger Retreat 2023 adventures in liveblogging

  

  group. However, I proceeded to get lost in North Station because the MBTA ... -turned-bus had unexpectedly ditched me left. So I went to North Station intending ... . Gloria: I was actually awake since much earlier in the morning, but due to

  • by Paige B. '24
  • December 2, 2023